Faucet



v Patented De. 8,'

STATES LJN-lr ,EUGENE s. K Annsnn; or CHICAGO, 4rnnruors.

FAUGET. 'l

. Application led August 31, 1.925. SeriaLNo. 53,535.-

To all whom 'it may concern: g

Be it known that I, EUGENE S. KARLSEN, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,` lhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets,v of which the following is a specification. e y

This invention relates to improvements in what may be called hot and cold water faucets, or that type of water supplying devices' which areusually employed in basins in supplying hotor cold water to the basin, but is not `restricted to such purposes, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and combination of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The main object of myv present invention is to afford al faucety of a very'v simple,l and inexpensive construction, which shall be attractiye in appearance,strong, durable, and efficient in operation. besides being so constructed as to absolutelyT prevent leakage, and in such a manner that, should any of the parts become worn lor in need of repairing, they can bereadily dis-assembled for such purpose and quite easily re-assembled for use.

Other objects and advantages of the 1nvention will be disclosed in the following,

' description and explanation, which will be more readily understood when read in con-' junction with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates an embodiment of the 1nvention, it being understood that changes the faucet as indicated by the arrows on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference refer to corre spending parts throughout the different views of the drawing. The reference numeral 4 designatesa water supply pipe or ',drawing. A

' member having at one of its lends an inlet 5 for hot water, andatits other end an inlet A6 for cold water, which inlets may-loe con-vk nected to suppliesof such liquid in any suitable or well known way. At about its front middle portion, theimember Lthas .a fon wardly extending externallyscrew-threaded.

. neckf, which is centrally divided by' a ver4V tically disposed partition 8, which extends from the frontyend of said neck to,v the' in ner surfaces of the member-fiatov which surH l'faces it is connected, as will be 'readily un derstood by y reference to'Figf of the This screw-threaded neck 7 is screwed into va rearward extension 9.with which the stationary part 10 of the faucet is provided at its rear portlon. The extensionl 9 ris hollow,

and `internally screw-threadedyas-, shown,

and a ring gasket 11 of any suitable mate rial-is interposedbetween the front fend, of thev neck l7 and an annular shoulder 1--2 with which the cavity of the extension 9 is provided near the divergence oit-the channels 13 and 14 for hot and cold water, respectively.

AThe partition 8 within the neck 7 provides parallel channels 1 3a and 111,- which com municate at their forward ends with the channels 13 and 14,y respectively, which are,

Vhorizontally 'located and forwardly extended `in the head orstationai'y partit) of' the faucet. These last .named channels are slightly-divergent at their rear` portionz-i, but in parallelism in their major parts,"as shown. At the forward end o each ot the channels 1,3 and 14, it is provided with a downwardly disposed bore 15. which extends.

through the bottom surface of the head or stationary part 10 and are for alternate cour munication with the upper end of a discharge channel 16 of the rotary part 17, which rotary part is reduced as at 18 near its lower end and is provided with a handle 19 for turning the same, The fixed head or portion 10 is preferably provided on its lower end with a depending yannular ange 20, thus providing an upwardly extended but slight recess 21 for the reception and operation of an annular eXtension22 on the upper end of the member 17 vwhich eatension fits closely within the ringdilre flange 20, and serves as a guide in therotation ot the member 17 as Well as an assistance in preventing. leakage between the adj acent surl,"

faces ofthe two arts,'10 and 17, of the faucet. As a furt er means' for preventing till leakage at, said/gamin@ the. towelsurface lof the .head 1Q; wit-hln the .flange- Ztl-ifs 'provided aroundeach ofqthe channelsfla, with 4an upwai-diy exnded annular `recess 23 in each A of which recesses is located an annular packing ring or gasket.- Qlof any vsuitable material. The, upper central, -portion of the member i'is provided with a stem 25 which is external' screw-threadedat its. Aupper portion .andextends througha. 'rertical-open- Zfiinthe central fornf'ard; portion otthe head lland. about midivay. between the downwardlydisposed channels 15,.-as4 shown in Figs. Q andigof the drawing.' The upper-portion of the. opening 26,through'which the stein 251is` extendech-l 1s annularly en largeda'sat'VQT `for the-,reception cfa spring` 28, Which is. coiled around the. stem 25 and rests at. its. lowerend. against the head 'and atits-fupper end against a Awasher 29 locatedl arounc'lthe upper portion of the stem..

2.5 and seatedyonthe top ofthe. said head.

Engagingthe .upper end-of the stem .Q5-is a milled; nut 30, .which serves to regulate the y. tensionoVA the vspring 28,: and thereby adjusts thecloseness vWith which the rotary 4member li'is ttedto the-fixed head l() of the faucet.

ln order Vto provide eiiicient; means for shuttingjoti the Water, should it be so desired when repai'rs'are nesessary torbemade,

the .head lOfis-providedrearwardly of 'the downwardly disposed channels 15 and so as tog-transverselyintersect the channels` 13 an d.

le with@ .horizontally andv transversely disposed bore-31, into which isfscrewed a shutoii valveor, bolt-3Q, which has an angular head i-on one-of, .its ends to afford 'means'.

tortnrningthe same by means-otra Wrench or `the like',. Thegree end; of .the bore-31 is annulariy. enlarged as atBeforthereception et `a gashetgofnany suitable material'loeatedaround' the bolt or valve 32 inwardly thedrawings, it .will be readily-understood y that the rotary member can be turned so astovbringit's channel 16l into communication allowingl hot .or ,cold Water, as maybe desired, tov flow therethrough. To prevent the rotary member 17 being ,turned too far in either direction, the member 17 may be provided y'on its upper surface with a stop pin 55.' with either of the channels'of the head, thus 37, which will impinge against the walls of the recess 38-fornied on the lower-surface of the head.-

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim .as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isiv In a. faucet, the combination with a two- Way supply fixture, of a. head having'two spaced ways deflected downwardly and' extended .therethrough in communication at one oftheir ends with the discharging ends of the first named Ways mounted thereon, a member having a vertically disposed stem extended through an opening insaid head and mounted for rotation on the bottom of .the-same and having a vertically disposed channel in `alternate communication with the discharging ends of said Ways of the head,

and al bolt lvalve transversely journaled in .said head and intersecting transversely the two Ways of said head.

EUGENE s. KARLSEN. 

